Thursday, August 20, 1998

Zoo News Digest 20th August 1998 (ZooNews 13)

Dear Colleagues,

Hope you find something of interest.

Bridgeport mayor revives P.T. Barnum stunt by testing bridge with
elephants
http://www.boston.com/dailynews/wirehtml/223/Bridgeport_mayor_revives_P_T__Barnu.shtml

Threatened wallabies thrive on island From AAP
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/state/4358694.htm

Fort Myers doctor killed by elephant in Zambia
http://www.naplesnews.com/today/florida/d272196a.htm

Alarming rise in Slaughter of Dolphins - Dr. Sriyani Miththapala
http://www.lanka.net/lakehouse/1998/08/22/new02.html

African elephants move trunks to new zoo home
http://www.dispatch.com/pan/news/elenewnws.html

Flood Report Aid plea by dolphin park
http://www.scmp.com/news/template/China-
Template.idc?artid=19980821034833036&top=china&template=Default.htx&maxfie
ldsize=1020

Father of first gorilla born in captivity dies of heart attack
http://www.naplesnews.com/today/florida/d356900a.htm

Zoo plans offer animals new creature comforts
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news1/zoo20i.html

Two rare herons, blind three years, get eye surgery
http://www.tampabayonline.net/news/flor100d.htm

Rescuing the rhino
http://www.dallasnews.com/metro-dfw-nf/dfw73.htm

Rhinos recovering, wildlife group says
http://www.startext.net/news/doc/1047/1:METRO47/1:METRO47081998.html

Elephant conceives by artificial insemination
http://www.enn.com:80/news/enn-stories/1998/08/082098/ele19.asp



Rhinos recovering, wildlife group says
http://www.star-telegram.com:80/news/doc/1047/1:METRO47/1:METRO47081998.ht
ml

Emus and Wallabies and Pigs, Oh My! Zoobreakers Head to Swiss Woodlands
http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/etcetera/081998/zoobreak.sml

Nick's Big Help to drop in at zoo
http://www.thestate.com/daily/local/bighelp19.htm

Pill may save rhinos, tigers
http://www.phillynews.com/daily_news/98/Aug/19/local/PILL19.htm

Hundreds hope for peek at renegade crocodile relative
http://insidedenver.com/news/0819gatr2.html

Zoo Chimps, Lions taking leave.
http://www.greensboro.com/nronline/news/chimps19.htm

Monkeys, kangaroos are on the loose
http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/etcetera/wires/0818/e_rt_081
8_12.sml

An imported delicacy? Tiger eats Kangaroo.
http://www.desnews.com:80/wir/xh0i8tx9.htm

Scientists hope to re-create extinct zebras
http://www.desnews.com:80/tdy/xg0xc94c.htm

Rare Siberian Tigers Evacuated as Flood Waters Rise
http://www.insidechina.com:80/china/news/98081707.html

'Captain Kangaroo' falls for keeper
http://www.sptimes.com:80/Hernando/81798/_Captain_Kangaroo__fa.html

The item below was forwarded to me by the Seal Conservation Society. I
include it as I expect the story to breaking as a news item in the
mainstream press before too long. I well remember all the problems we had
with this virus last time.

Subject: SAR-ALERT : SEAL MORTALITY
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 19:55:22 -0000

Colleagues,
This is a flash concerning high seal-mortality in Belgium.
Over the past 2 weeks 11 seals washed-up on the Belgian coast, most were
dead.
This is a highly unusual phenomenum as 7 is the normal average for a full
year, most arrivals occuring in spring. Yesterday another 5 washed-up, 4
dead. Scientists fear the same morbil-virus that a decade or so created
havoc among seals as a result of which large quantities perished. Are any
other unusual signs re: seal-mortality noticed in other Northsea
bordering countries?
Let's keep each other informed on this.
Ward-------------------------

Oils soothe - and stimulate - the savage beast
http://www2.thestar.com:80/thestar/back_issues/ED19980815/news/980815NEW08
b_NA- BEARS15.html

Ocean Park pandas anger campaigners
http://www.scmp.com/news/template/HK-
Template.idc?artid=19980818015124032&top=hk&template=Default.htx&maxfields
ize=1729

Savor exhibit at zoo before it flies away
http://www.seattletimes.com/news/local/html98/godd_081798.html

Priming for primates
http://www.phillynews.com/daily_news/98/Aug/17/local/ZOOO17.htm

Chimp bites four people in West Covina
http://www.msnbc.com/local/KNBC/133979.asp

Keep the Zoo in Delaware Park! (Not strictly news)
http://keepthezoo.edgeglobal.com/

About Shape (Thought I would include this as a reminder to those with a
special interest in behavioural enrichment). Well worth subscribing to the
paper edition. I do. Providing Enrichment at No Cost
http://www.enrichment.org/sample.html

Johannesburg Zoo serves worms, locusts, termites (Old news. Worth a look
if you did not read it the first time round. Can`t see it working in the
UK) http://www.cnn.com\/WORLD/9703/10/fringe/safrica.bugs/

Don`t forget ZooChat, it has its moments!
http://ns.awebpresence.com/cgi-lasmith/ZooChat1.cgi

Happy keepering,

Peter
Peter@If you know of anyone else who may be interested in ZooNews please let me
know and I will include them in the mailing. Again my thanks to those who
have pointed me to news items.

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